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Official, Barça Closes First Sale: Flick Refuses, but Laporta Accepts 30m

The blaugrana team plans to cash in on one of its players with the most market value.

Barça Is Finally in the 1:1 Financial Fair Play Rule After Selling VIP Boxes. This means the club will no longer be subject to La Liga's strict restrictions when registering players. Until now, Barça operated under the 1:4 rule, which required them to generate significant income before being able to spend on new signings.

Deco continues monitoring the market | @FCBarcelona

However, with the return to 1:1, the club regains the flexibility to strengthen the squad with greater freedom. Despite this good news, the rule still dictates that for each sale made, the club can register a new signing. This makes it clear that, while the club is no longer as limited as before, it still needs to generate income through transfers to make new additions.

Laporta Will Sign Excitement

Joan Laporta doesn't hide his ambition to strengthen the team with top-level players this summer. The Barça board knows that fans expect exciting signings and the president wants to make that authoritative move. However, for this to be possible, Deco will have to focus on offloading several players to free up salary mass.

The Most Likely Departures for the Next Market

Among the players most likely to leave Barça next transfer market are Ansu Fati and Andreas Christensen. Both players lack prominence with Hansi Flick and seem not to be in the German coach's plans for the next season.

Christensen, Laporta's sacrificial lamb | @andreaschristensen3

Both Ansu and Christensen could be key pieces to generate income and facilitate the arrival of new reinforcements in the summer market.

Deco Has the First Sale Clear

However, according to 'Fichajes.net', the first player Barça will sell in the summer market will be Vitor Roque. The Brazilian forward, currently on loan at Real Betis, hasn't managed to establish himself in the team and the Catalan club has decided to take advantage of his sale to generate income. Barça hopes to obtain around 30 million euros for his transfer, a figure that would represent a key economic injection to make strategic additions.

Real Betis soccer players celebrating a goal on the field with expressions of joy and camaraderie.
Vitor Roque celebrating a goal with Betis | @vitor_roque9

The sale of Vitor Roque would be just the first step in a series of moves that Barça will have to make in the market. The club's goal is to leverage this operation to unlock new signings and start working on the arrival of players who can elevate the team's competitive level.